{"id":503,"date":"2010-11-27T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T00:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/11\/27\/would-roque-santa-cruz-be-a-good-buy-for-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T16:01:21","slug":"would-roque-santa-cruz-be-a-good-buy-for-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2010\/11\/would-roque-santa-cruz-be-a-good-buy-for-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"WOULD ROQUE SANTA CRUZ BE A GOOD BUY FOR LIVERPOOL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Liverpool on the lookout for a quality striker in the January transfer window, they could do a lot worse than looking to sign Manchester City&#8217;s want-away striker, Roque Santa Cruz.The Paraquayan forward, now aged 29, has rarely featured for multi-million Man City since he signed from Blackburn Rovers.In fact, he has only scored 3 times in 20 appearances for the Sky blues.Cruz, however, has been much more prolific 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